Currency for Price is fixed

[nus-pe-bot]

PRICE does not require you to include the currency. Only include the value.

But I might have items with different currencies in my store. This app will not allow me to specify 2 different currencies and I cannot keep track of my inventories well. It will be a chaos for me to convert all the prices to the same currency because in my stores, I have 2 different currencies

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_{[original: nus-cs2103-AY2223S1/pe-interim#208] [original labels: type.FeatureFlaw severity.Medium]}

[RichDom2185]

Team's Response

While a valid point that FoodRem technically does not support multiple currencies, in the rare use case that this needs to be done (hence should not be medium severity), users can use the remarks field to specify which currency the item is stored in, as it is an open text field.

While this will make any price comparisons less meaningful (as prices are compared by the numerical price value, assuming same currency), we argue this is not in scope, as:

• Small F&B restaurants are unlikely to require this and are more likely to just convert one currency to another
• Due to dynamic exchange rates, it is impossible to compare prices accurately anyway without accessing some API to determine the exact exchange rate (which violates Constraint-No-Remote-Server or at the very least goes against Recommendation-Minimal-Network)

Moreover, the main reason users are using this application is to measure the value of the items in their inventory. We have two choices, first is to create a way for a user to key in what is the current prevailing exchange rate (which fluctuates daily) However, since this is an inventory management application, we are not focusing on exchange rate. It is intended for price to be fixed.

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